Workshop storage ideas (article)

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#1

this was a nice article with lots of ideas. Perhaps someone can make use of one of them. cheers!
storage ideas

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#2

Nice, the vice storage is perfect for the pressed in Hatchers. Thanks.

#3

I really want to figure out how to tape/paint/vinyl the tool pegboard with a shadow of each tool.

Might pick up some of these actually for the red toolbox

http://www.schallercorporation.com/plastic-boxes/

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#4

I have an AI file with vector outlines of the Ryobi tools, if you want that.

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#5

Sure!

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#6

I put it into the Logistics committee drive. Filename is

ryobi tool board outlines.ai

(For some reason, TALK thinks there is a link embedded here. There isn’t).

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#7

Just cut the tool shadows out of vinyl on the vinyl cutter and stick on to a pre-painted (or factory white) pegboard?

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#8

Right, the difficult part would be getting an image of the tool layouts. Not now that we have a svg though

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#9

For tools not included in the file Chris included, you could probably scan tool by tool on a scanner, then run the scanned file through InkScape to convert the JPG/BMP to a vector outline. Some cleanup would be needed.

Manual tracing of the image is also an option: I do this sometimes to convert a manually created leather part (e.g. a knife sheath) into a digital version. Here are the rough steps I’d do…

  1. Scan each tool with a ruler on the scanner bed
  2. import image into InkScape
  3. Draw a box of known size: 3" square would probably be good.
  4. Scale image so ruler on image matches box size - Image is now 1:1 in InkScape
  5. Reduce opacity on image to perhaps 40%
  6. Use Belzier tool to draw line segments for outline
  7. (optional) Join segments into one polyline (or just Group together)
    7a) Save early, save often, just in case
  8. lather, rinse, repeat for other tools
  9. plate up tool outlines on a master page to minimize wastage before sending to vinyl cutter
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